Where did those “lazy, hazy, crazy days of Summer” go!!!!
While we haven’t had a meeting since June, things have been
hopping right along!
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We have enjoyed our monthly Restaurants with Heart meals..…each one as tasty as the last! This
28th and 29th of September,
RwH will be at Sakura2 in Redwood City. (Flyer attached) It’s a fun
Teppanyaki style meal with the built-in entertainment of a chef throwing knives
while making volcanoes from vegetables!
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The Fancy Nancy Tea
Party committee has been busily creating this new event, to be held on Saturday
September 19, Christ Episcopal Church. Los Altos. It will be loads of fun with a
free “face painting station” (fancy temporary butterfly transfers) and a photo
booth where children can “bling up” with tiaras, beads, chapeaux, opera glasses
etc. and pose for a “fancy” memory.
Our Thora’s Thimbles
volunteers have been busily making dresses, aprons, doll assessories and faux
feather boas (made with soft fleece rather than scratchy feathers!) to sell. The Reading Bug is again setting up
shop in the church’s Fireside Room and will donate a portion of their proceeds
to us.
And that is just for “starters”! The main event is when the
Fancy Nancy illustrator, Robin Preiss Glasser gives a fun presentation while
the little ones and their mums / grandmums dine on our tea goodies.
We are happy to be well passed the break-even point, as
staging a new event is always a little unnerving. We have relied solely on word
of mouth, local newspapers, shops, studios, newsletters and Facebook (Palo Alto
Auxiliary for LPCH) to spread the word. Please continue to pass this
information along…our target ages are 3 to 7.
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Mark your calendars for November 7 & 8. This year’s
American Girl Doll of the Year is a baker who loves all things French!
The American Girl
Fashion Show committee is back up and running. We will hold an Open Casting
Call at the American Girl Store at Stanford on September 12, and a casting call
for returnees on September 20. Remember, PAA Member children and grandchildren
are free; non-members pay $75 per model. The clothes are size 6x and 10 only. This
year we are planning to have more models, as we have found that models are our
main source of ticket sales. We will up the ante with a fabulous American Girl
prize to the girl who refers the most ticket sales.
With Karen Steven’s help, we have begun our American Girl
marketing campaign with a blast email to our former patrons. Our website paloaltoauxiliary.com reflects our current projects (Thank you, Bob Stevens!) We
are also on Facebook both under American Girl Fashion Show Palo Alto
and Palo
Alto Auxiliary for LPCH…check us out!!!
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Our upcoming Membership Meeting, 1 pm Tuesday September 15,
at Lucie Stern Community Center Palo Alto, will be a workshop. We will be
working on projects for Fancy Nancy, American Girl and Thora’s Thimbles. Please bring sharp sewing scissors if
you have them!
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During the summer, many of our members have honored Deborah
Potash’s memory and her years of service to PAA. Deborah’s own Monday Girls
combined with our BearGrams program to share their appreciation of her life and
service. A fitting tribute. to a very giving woman.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Sept 12 American
Girl Casting Call, Stanford Shopping Center
Sept 15 Membership
Meeting, Lucie Stern, PA
Sept 19 Fancy
Nancy Tea Party, Christ Episcopal, Los Altos
Sept 20 Returning
models’ Casting Call, Woodland SC, Los Altos
Sept 27 Mandatory
American Girl model /parent meeting TBA
Sept 28 & 29 RwH
@ Sakura 2 in Redwood City
Oct 20 Annual
Membership Tea Party, Los Altos
Nov 7 & 8 American
Girl Fashion Show
Dec 5 Holiday
Boutique, Allied Arts, Menlo Park
